“If you aren’t going to help me leave, shut the fuck up, and stay out of my way.”When the herbs were all in, she sipped at the glass on the counter, swirled it around, and swallowed.That is what her body would be working against.She just wanted to be able to get away this time.
She was dazed and getting limp.Annika walked in and saw her swaying.There was a gown that matched the one Annika was wearing over her arm.In the kitchen, with the two assistants helping, they stripped her and slid the gown over her head.
Jennika walked with them, her feet bare, her body on fire.
A heavily barred door was their destination in the deep basement of the manor.Annika stood aside and looked to the assistants.“Put her in, and call her lady.”
Jenn looked at her and slowly formed words.“I will destroy you for this, Annika.”
Annika blinked.“Not if you are dead.In you go.”
Jenn felt hands on her, pushing her into the chamber.It was surprisingly comfortable.There was a bedroom there, completely appointed, including a huge, naked alpha with skin as dark as night, pointed ears, and silky hair that moved in a spectral breeze.He looked at her.“Lady Annika.”
She walked up to him.“If you say so.”
The confusion in his expression stopped the moment that he reached for her with heavy manacles on his wrists.He touched her and pulled her against him, burying his nose into her neck and inhaling deeply.He whispered against her skin, “Not Annika?”
She shook her head with a tiny motion.
“In need?”
She nodded, and he took over.For a seduction, it moved with alarming speed, but she was helped along.
He had waited until she said go, so that was good.
Six hours later, she was exhausted and draped across him.He was stroking her back slowly and said, “You can see me?”
She nodded.“Pretty eyes.”
He chuckled.“How is it—”
“Twins.She likes blood alphas.I have other interests.”
He tilted her head up and kissed her.“They are coming for you.”
“Of course.It was nice meeting you.See you in the next life.”She smiled, kissed him back, and pulled the gown on again.
The door opened, and the assistants were there again, helping her out and gripping her arms as soon as they left the cell.
She was carried out, and someone hauled her bag and clothing to her left.They were pulling her toward the cliff, and she sent a signal.Learning how to call for help had been tricky, but then another pulse came.They were coming.
“Lady Annika can’t be here.She is waiting for our lord to visit her after her trying evening.She said that you will rot at the base of this cliff, and she will come by to see you frequently.”There was a lot of dark glee in that voice.“She hopes you had a nice time with the visitor.It is going to be your last.”
The voices seemed a thousand miles away.They hauled her to the edge of the cliff, and she looked down.
For a second, she was terrified, and then she saw large green eyes looking up at her from below.
“Any last words?”They tossed her clothing, phone, and pack over.
“Just these.What do you think he will do when he joins them and she doesn’t smell like him?I know you don’t have much of a sense of smell, but she also isn’t wearing his marks.Have fun with that.”Jennika took a deep breath and fell backward for long seconds before she was wrapped in fur and carried through a portal.Sable had her.She would be okay.
Sable bathed her, treated the bite marks, and carried her to bed.“So, your sister?”
“Yup.Can you get something to clear my system of the sedative?”
Sable sniffed.“Do you want to chance the baby?”
“What?”
